Pin-tag



G. W. HENRY, JR. PIN TAG.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-7.1917- lfi gggg mr a Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

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[DION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

PIN-TAG.

Application filed March 7, 1917.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that l, GEORGE WV. HENRY, J12, acitizen oi the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,have invented certain Improvements in Pin-Tags, of which the followingis a specification.

One object of my invention is to improve a pin tag or ticket so that theprojecting pins 'or prongs will be at or near the edge of the ticket.

A further object of the invention is to de sign the pin so that acomparatively thin ticket can be used.

A still further object of the invention is to design the pin ticket sothat it can be accurately fed to a printing machine alter the pin is inplace.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is an inverted perspective view of my improved. pin ticket, ortag;

Fig. 2 is a plan view;

Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view;

Fig. l is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 4-4:, Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a perspective View showing the pins beyond the edge of aticket;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing a slightly different arrangement ofthe clampingmember of the pin; and

Fig. 7 is a view of my invention applied to a folding ticket.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the tag, or ticket. 2 is a pin, bent asclearly shown in Figs. 1 to 4i, having prongs 3. The pin is made fromwire shaped to form two prongs, the wire being bent at m to form a flatbody portion 4, which rests on the face of the tag, or ticket, the pinbeing previously passed through openings g in the tag some dis tanceback of the edge o. The connecting portion 5 of the pin is preferablycurved, as shown, and is located on the opposite side of the ticket fromthe body portion and the ticket is clamped between the portion 5 and thebody portion e, while the prongs 3 are located at the edge 1; of theticket.

By this construction, the pin is passed through the ticket some distancefrom its edge and the ticket is clamped between the Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

serial No. 153,040.

two portions of the pin, and, consequently, a comparatively light weightpaper can be used for the body ot the ticket. By having the prongs atthe edge of the ticket, the face of the ticket can be printed after thepin is in place, as openings can provided in t e platen oi a printingpress as? the reception of the pins.

Furthermore, by this construction, a greater surface can be occupied bythe printed matter than where the prongs are some distance back of theedge of the ticket.

In Fig. 5, I have illustrated a inodiiica tion in which the prongs arelocated slightly beyond the edge of the ticket.

in 1, which is an inverted view of the tag, or. ticket, the prongs 3 andthe body portion 4 are on the same side of. the ticket, while the curvedportion is at the face oi? the ticket.

In Fig. 6, of the ticket and the pro and the curved portion are a t 1eback the ticket.

In 7, l" is a form oi ticket which is folded at 6 and the pin 2 isattached to one edge of the ticket, as shown, and the prongs 3, when theticket is folded, pass through perforations 7 in the ticket and are bentover, while the tongue 8 is passed through a slot 9 in the body portionof the ticket and covers the points the pins.

By this construction, accuracy is assured and the pins can bent downtoward each other so as to extend back of the paper between ti eperforations or can be bent outward, as desired.

I claim:

A. pin tag or ticket having a securing pin attached thereto, the arms ofsaid pin projecting through the tag intermediate its length, extendingin parallel relation from said point of projection to the ed e of thetag being bent from said latter point at right angles to the face of thetag, thereby forming an article of this character which may be placed ina package one upon another without offset.

In witness whereof I allin 111V signature.

GEORGE w. HENRY, JR.

the body portion is at the face

